- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Nutrition, Nutrition and development, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
‘I know they aren’t healthy’: the energy drink craze sweeping Afghanistan
From children in Kabul to Taliban chiefs, the sweet, caffeine-heavy drinks are wildly popular, defying fears o…
- Afghanistan, Books, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Life and style, Poetry, Sex, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Love and desire’: how erotic poetry is helping Afghans through lockdown
A new generation of poets in Afghanistan is exploring the physical side of love – and isolation is their inspi…
- Afghanistan, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Infectious diseases, South and Central Asia, World news
Photographing poverty’s pandemic: ‘Afghans have learned to live with fear’
In the second of our series, Stefanie Glinski looks at how life in the normally bustling city of Kabul has bee…
- Afghanistan, Conflict and arms, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Infectious diseases, South and Central Asia, World news
‘No profit, no food’: lockdown in Kabul prompts hunger fears
Residents of Afghanistan’s capital face stark choice between providing food for their families and limiting ri…
- Afghanistan, Biology, Conflict and arms, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Global health, Infectious diseases, Iran, Medical research, Microbiology, Middle East and North Africa, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
Coronavirus in a war zone: Afghanistan braces for outbreak after first case
Lone Kabul laboratory preparing to treat patients in the midst of political turmoil and tentative peace talks,…
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Investigation begins into alleged abuse of more than 500 boys in Afghanistan
Government says schools to face more scrutiny after report that thousands may have been victims of paedophile …
- Afghanistan, Children, Global development, Human rights, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, World news
Whistleblowers on school paedophile ring in Afghanistan arrested
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTw…
- Afghanistan, Child rights, Global development, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, World news
Afghanistan paedophile ring may be responsible for abuse of over 500 boys
Social workers claim teachers and local officials are implicated, and believe thousands more children may have…